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szopin	2012-03-08 , 23:03
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Does 2.6.35 have any correspondance to kp46-50, or are they totally different (sorry, probably noobish question)? Would 2.6.35, assuming they are totally different, run on Fremantle?

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	qwazix	2012-03-08 , 23:25
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2.6.35 is from MeeGo I think. I am not into kernels very much, but I suppose that many things could break in Fremantle, like BME and telephony. Now we could port ofono and bq27000 but it would be probably easier to use cordia and try to port apps to nemo (or use alien if possible and an armhf wrapper to run Fremantle apps on nemo as they are)

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freemangordon	2012-03-09 , 08:31
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Finally (after several retries) the lady was installed ok. But as I am using class 10 sdcard along with Pali's u-boot I am getting hit by -110 sdcard errors. Pali, we should do something about u-boot

On the other hand, it seems install.sh (and friends) leaves sdcard partition table in a total mess - nowhere I can see changing the partition type, so at the end we have 3 partitions marked as ext3. And layout looks wrong too, as ununtu does partition resize on every boot. As someone else mentioned, ubuntu is unable to swapon /dev/mmcblk0p3 (swapon gives error 255, where is mkswap command?).
Anyway, after several reboots it seems finally I have a wifi connection and the installer will make it

EDIT:
No joy, seems like I have to install uboot-pr13

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vicrebel	2012-03-09 , 09:21
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only for n900??? i like a double boot on n9 with ubuntu

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	int_ua	2012-03-09 , 10:12
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Originally Posted by Hurrian

How did you deal with the Ubuntu being compiled as Thumb-2 problem?

Actually, we didn't. We are using old kernel, 2.6.35 compiled specifically for N900 (AFAIK by kubuntu-mobile team and they don't have time now). And when I've tried compiling it myself it didn't boot just like stock kernels. But I didn't disable Thumb-2, so it may be the problem. Someone knows how should I disable it? (didn't search it yet)

Originally Posted by qwazix

but the system had become fast enough for regular use.

Try also stopping some unneded daemons: cups, ssh, etc.

Originally Posted by qwazix

but I still don't have numbers & symbols.

Check /etc/default/keyboard and replace "pc105" with "nokiarx51".

Originally Posted by szopin

Which kernel are you using?

2.6.35-1-n900, check the script

Originally Posted by szopin

Fast enough for regular use sounds very optimistic.

Note that qwazix uses class 10 card = 10 Mb/s. On class 6 it's... acceptable.

Originally Posted by qwazix

there are some instructions for how to use 3.2

But it doesn't boot. You can try it with debug boot parameter. But it's something like fundamental in science. In case of success results would be revolutionizing, but you will need a lot of time.

Originally Posted by qwazix

My goal is to be able to use inkscape fast enough.

/me choked over.

Originally Posted by freemangordon

But as I am using class 10 sdcard along with Pali's u-boot I am getting hit by -110 sdcard errors

Are you sure it's U-Boot's fault?

Originally Posted by freemangordon

On the other hand, it seems install.sh (and friends) leaves sdcard partition table in a total mess - nowhere I can see changing the partition type, so at the end we have 3 partitions marked as ext3. And layout looks wrong too, as ununtu does partition resize on every boot. As someone else mentioned, ubuntu is unable to swapon /dev/mmcblk0p3 (swapon gives error 255, where is mkswap command?).

install.sh is innocent, it's Ubuntu itself. I will try to correct it sometime later (See second post of this thread). Did you use revision 50? It should have fixed swap problem.

Originally Posted by freemangordon

No joy, seems like I have to install uboot-pr13

Wait, Palis' U-Boot should work. Are you sure it's not a hardware problem?

Originally Posted by vicrebel

only for n900??? i like a double boot on n9 with ubuntu

Well, I'm ready to make it for N9 if you will provide me with one

But I afraid I'll need some hardware keyboard...

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	qwazix	2012-03-09 , 14:33
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Note that qwazix uses class 10 card = 10 Mb/s. On class 6 it's... acceptable.

In fact with class 6 it may be even faster. Higher class cards trade random access speeds off for sequential speed.

I tried again today, and still have a lot of crashes. Uninstalling gnome-bluetooth lessened the problems a bit. After a few reboots though, I lost wifi again, and sometimes it gets in a gui/console loop forever

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szopin	2012-03-09 , 14:35
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Originally Posted by int_ua

Note that qwazix uses class 10 card = 10 Mb/s. On class 6 it's... acceptable.

I just finished reading up on microsd cards threads here and on XDA, seems like class 6 and 10 are worst in random read/writes, and best are 2 and 4. 10Mb/s is for sequential, which is unlikely. Just ordered Samsung sdhc 32gb class10, from the results few guys posted it has very good rates in random and sequential (hope this wasn't a samsung shill, we'll see, 0.006 vs ~0.7 sounds too good to be true).

Originally Posted by freemangordon

Finally (after several retries) the lady was installed ok. But as I am using class 10 sdcard along with Pali's u-boot I am getting hit by -110 sdcard errors. Pali, we should do something about u-boot

Seems there is a patch for class 10 cards that was incorporated into KP(48?), not sure if 2.6.35 got it. (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=72789)

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	qwazix	2012-03-09 , 14:37
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beat you!

too short

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szopin	2012-03-09 , 14:42
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Heh!

too slow

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freemangordon	2012-03-09 , 18:10
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Originally Posted by qwazix

I tried again today, and still have a lot of crashes. Uninstalling gnome-bluetooth lessened the problems a bit. After a few reboots though, I lost wifi again, and sometimes it gets in a gui/console loop forever

The same here, going to try 3.x kernel coming with it.